The Vorozhtsov Organic Chemistry Prize Awarded to Andrey Lvov, Head of Photoactive Compounds Laboratory
Andrey Lvov, Dr. Sc. in Chemistry, was awarded N.N. Vorozhtsov Prize for his research in the field of organic chemistry. INRTU congratulates Andrey Lvov on this important event, thanks him for his great contribution to the development of science and wishes him new interesting challenges, scientific discoveries, courageous choices and the support of his team.
Andrey Lvov heads the Photoactive Compounds Laboratory created by INRTU and the Favorsky Institute of Chemistry, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SB RAS), under the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Russia (part of the Baikal Research Center).
According to the decision of the Bureau of the SB RAS Joint Scientific Council, prizes are awarded to outstanding researchers in various scientific fields. Experts highly appreciated the results achieved by Andrey Lvov in organic chemistry.
Andrey Lvov received a diploma from the Mendeleev Russian University of Chemical Technology in 2011. In 2014, he completed postgraduate studies at the Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) and defended his Ph.D. thesis in organic chemistry.
He worked as a senior researcher at this institute, interned at the Research Institute of Physical and Organic Chemistry of Southern Federal University (SFedU). In 2019-2020, Andrey Lvov conducted his postdoctoral research at one of the largest universities in Germany - the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU).
The young scientist is a multiple winner of grants from the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, the Russian Presidential Grants Council and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).
In 2018-2019, Andrey Lvov successfully implemented a project supported by the Russian Science Foundation (RSF) on "New synthetic chemistry of 4-(het)aryl-3-oxobutanoic acid derivatives in the development of functional photochromic molecules".
In 2021, he won another RSF grant for exploratory research on "Irreversible photorearrangement of diarylethenes in polymer chemistry".
In 2023, the researcher successfully defended his PhD thesis on "Non-symmetric photosensitive diarylethenes: synthesis, properties and application potential" at the RAS Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry.
Andrey Lvov has co-authored more than 50 articles in international scientific journals. A team of young scientists - master's and PhD students from INRTU and Irkutsk State University (ISU) - works under his supervision in the Photoactive Compounds Laboratory. Overall, the research aims to develop new light-initiated processes based on photochemical reactions of organic molecules and their use to solve fundamental and applied problems. For example, light-modified polymers are promising for use in various fields of human activity: from biomedicine (e.g. drug delivery) to the development of eco-friendly photodegradable plastics.
To learn more about the research of Andrey Lvov and his team, please visit www.lvovchem.ru
